Topic: Next Nintendo Direct?

@ElRoberico What a contribution, human civilisation will never be the same again.
Also, you have a point.

@TeaCatherine I would be lying if that weren't burned in my head since last Tuesday. I'm just tired of waiting at this point because that's where I feel like I am mentally right now.

@ElRoberico So, kind of the image version of an earworm?

@TeaCatherine Pretty much.

@ElRoberico Anyway, all we can do is hope for the best.
(What's your PfP from, by the way?)

@EaglyTheKawaiiShika I thought it was but I just haven't really seen it's artstyle so I was just checking it wasn't just some really similar looking character from something else, then I checked their games collection to see if they liked/had the game but they did score some their games but not Celeste. My methods are awful, ineffective and stupid to boot.

@SlashFuture Isn't there normally maintenance to the website or something? I'm personally leaning towards probably not going to be one but cautiously optimistic. That said, you're right there's normally a lot more speculation.

@TeaCatherine Yeah, it's from Celeste. I'm really bad about rating games, especially when it comes to giving them scores. There's too much nuance in discussing them that I can't exactly state why something is a specific score.

@ElRoberico Fair enough, I mean it looks like we both at least actually add the games we own. Who's the other person in the picture, though? (Also, is the game as hard as everyone says it is?)
Edit: Also, does anyone else think she looks like a squirrel?

@SlashFuture Could happen. Imagine if we had another 2020, anything's better than that.

I'd say if we don't hear anything by tomorrow then the direct isn't happening. Usually Nintendo announces the direct on a Tuesday, and then airs them on Wednesday or Thursday. I never thought the "Direct on the 7th" rumor was credible, given that the 7th was the financial report, so if any day this week was off-limits, it was going to be then.

@VoidofLight Yeah, I'm surprised no-one brought that up before now, it sounded mighty suspicious to me.

While we wait for the announcement of a Nintendo Direct for this month, what are your predictions for this month's Nintendo Direct?

A lot of games that I will not like. 😑
Cross my finger if there will be at least 1 game that really caught my attention.

@WaterKirby1964 My predictions are:

• Direct starts with Silksong and gives a release date
• TotK gets a 10 minute segment in the middle of the Direct (BotW Expansion Pass gets added to NSO Expansion Pack straight after the Direct)
• Nintendo related headlines being - XC3 DLC wave 3 (maybe also the story DLC), MK8 Deluxe DLC wave 4, FE Engage DLC wave 2, a new sport coming to Switch Sports, Splatoon 3 Season 3 (maybe also the paid DLC), Sparks of Hope wave 1, more info on Return to Dream Land, more info on Bayonetta Origins, Advance Wars, Pikmin 4
• 1st party surprise announcements - Golden Sun remake (the 2 GBA games combined into 1 package without the need for passwords), Yoshi's Woolly World (Wii U graphics with 3DS content added), Kid Icarus Uprising
• 3rd party news - A focus on Square Enix and PS3/360 games. So stuff like a demo for Octopath 2, release date for Pixel Remasters, FFXIII trilogy, FF Tactics, DQIII Remake, Left 4 Dead 2, Batman Arkham Collection, Mass Effect Legendary Edition, etc.
• Direct closes with Prime remaster(s) and Prime 4

Some news on Tears of the Kingdom is a guarantee and hopefully a new Mario & Luigi game.

@Grumblevolcano wish we get half of your predictions!

@Grumblevolcano Awesome prediction list! I really hope it ends with the Metroid Prime double announcement. Also hope they don’t spend too much of the runtime on TOTK since it’s own dedicated direct is already inevitable. The one other thing I would predict is something Mario related, either the rumored new 2d game, sluggers, or some surprise remaster like galaxy 2 or something. I also think we’ll see the final update for Strikers with 2 more characters and a new mode out of nowhere that’ll actually be really fun, but still not enough to save the game (especially at this stage.)

I also think we’ll see a dedicated amiibo headline where they show us a Deep Cut 3 pack, release dates for Pyra and Mythra, and finally the grand reveal of Sora. If we don’t see the latter I might start to think they couldn’t get the rights, because idk why they’d withhold it this long if not for a grand reveal at a big event like this.

@Grumblevolcano Stellar list, mate!

No idea what to think this time so I'll just say 5 random games...

Soul Reaver
Rogue Squadron
Half Life Collection
Sims
Plants Vs Zombies

@Grumblevolcano I think this direct is going to totally blow it out of the water.
TOTK trailer, followed by announcement of standalone direct.
Pikmin 4 gameplay.
New mario platformer (2D maybe?)
And possibly metroid prime 4 stuff